Central PA Outdoor & Sports Show To Be Largest Ever

North Central Pennsylvania’s largest three-day outdoor sports event, the Central PA Outdoor & Sports Show will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on March, 14, 15 and from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on March 16. While in Clearfield don’t forget to stop in at Grice Gun Shop, Bob’s Army & Navy, and Jim’s Sports Center for special sales. (Provided photo)

By Julie Rae Rickard

CLEARFIELD – The annual Central PA Outdoor & Sports Show held at the Clearfield County Fairgrounds will be the largest in their history, according to organizers.

This version of the popular sports show will feature special speakers, 150 exhibitors in three buildings at the fairgrounds and $10,000 in door prizes during the three-day event held March 14, 15 and 16.

The tradition of having special sales this time of the year started with Grice Gun Shop’s anniversary and Cabin Fever sale in 1984. Later, Jim’s Sports Center and Bob’s Army & Navy Store, both also in Downtown Clearfield, joined in with their own sales. Eventually, organizers of the Central PA Outdoor Show realized they could bring even more people into the area with a larger event that has continued to grow.

Here are a few of the special guests at the Expo II building.

Chef Jeremy Critchfield, HuntChef, will hold a wild game cooking seminar on 3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 14 and Sunday, March 16 at noon. On Saturday, March 15, he will host a “One Man Deer Break Down Deer Processing Demo” at 4:00 p.m.

Critchfield has combined his lifetime in the outdoor experience with his five-star culinary career to create HuntChef, “a resource to help everyone better prepare what they harvest afield,” according to his website, huntchef.com.

He is the co-host of the TV show Mtn. Top Outdoors on the Sportsman Channel.

“Never resting, he is always working on new recipes and ways to serve his delicious food to the masses, whether with events, bringing wild game to the table in creative ways or new business ventures full of flavor.”

He has a full line of sauces, seasonings, and jerky and snack kits available on his website.

Bobby Hart, the “Legends of the Outdoors 2023 American Outdoor Sportsman of the Year is known throughout the hunting community as the “go to” guy if you are looking to up your skill or get the very best gear for long range hunting,” it says on the centralpaoutdoorshow.com website.

Hart is a fourth generation custom rifle builder with Robert W. Hart & Son, Inc., located in Nescopeck. The business “is known worldwide to the hunting, shooting, military, and law enforcement industries.”

His presentations on “How to Get the Most Accuracy from Your Rifle,” will be Friday, March 14 at 5:00 p.m., Saturday, March 15 at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday at 11:00 a.m.

Tim Andrus from the Realtree DVD’s, has also been featured on several outdoor related networks such as the Outdoor and Sportsman channels.

“He currently hosts two TV shows: Rush Outdoors (regional) covering New York, Pennsylvania and Southern Ontario, Canada and World of Rush Outdoors on the Pursuit Channel,” it states in promotional material.

On Friday, March 14, he will host a “Getting Ready for Turkey Season” seminar with a giveaway of Quaker Boy turkey calls at 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, March 15 at 3:00 p.m. he will present the “Extending Your Season with CVA Muzzleloaders” seminar with a CVA muzzleloader giveaway.

PABoyzOutdoors, the social media group that has almost 25,000 followers, will have a seminar to “discuss proven waterfowl hunting tactics and strategies utilized to successfully harvest birds each year in PA as well as how to utilize food plots for hunting whitetails,” according to the group. These will happen on Friday, March 14 at 1:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 15, at 11:00 a.m.

Also in the Expo II building on Saturday at noon, there will be a concealed carry seminar by Clearfield County Sheriff Mike Churner, Deputy Greg Neeper, and District Attorney Ryan Sayers, as well as Representatives Mike Armani and Dallas Kephart.

For kids under 12-years-old, there will be a Youth Turkey Calling contest on Saturday, March 15 at 10:30 p.m.

The door prizes which will be drawn on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. include:

• A 2024 CFMOTO CForce 600 Touring in True Timber Camo from Carns Powersports and Mountain Extreme Powersports valued at $8,249.00.

• A Winchester SXP Turkey pump 24″ 12 gauge Shotgun from Grice Gun Shop, valued at $325.00.

• A two person, three-day Tennessee Wild Boar Hunts from North Country Adventures, valued at $2,090.00.

• A two person Sodus Point, New York Salmon Fishing Charter from Diamond J Charters, valued at $375.00.

Anyone under 15-years-old can register to win a Youth Hunter Starter Package valued at $700 from Bob’s Army & Navy store.

Also, on Friday, Walmart is giving away free welcome bags to the first 1,000 visitors.

Attendees receive three door prize tickets with the admission price of $7.00. Children under 12-years-old are admitted free.

For more information check out their website or Facebook page.